A former Army private accused in the horrific rape and killing of a young Iraqi woman and the execution-style slaying of her family had been discharged because of an "antisocial personality disorder," U.S. military officials told The Associated Press. Previously, in a federal court affidavit, investigators said only that 21-year-old Steven D. Green had been given an honorable discharge for a "personality disorder" this spring before the murder case came to light. But U.S. military officials who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case said late Tuesday it was an "antisocial personality disorder." They did not elaborate. How come they can get the small fry, but not the leaders whose actions and lies caused all this? Don’t the same laws apply to them? They are responsible for a hell of a lot more death and suffering than the soldiers, which are being charged. Let’s use the same rules as was used at the Nuremburg War Crimes ... http://www.usatoday.com

Enron Corp. founder Ken Lay, who was convicted last month of fraud and conspiracy for his part in the Houston-based company's collapse into bankruptcy in 2001, has died of a heart attack at his vacation home in Colorado, a Houston television station reported on Wednesday. ...http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060705/bs_nm/enron_lay_dc

Republicans are set to open a series of public hearings around the US on the controversial issue of immigration. Republicans in the House of Representatives are seeking approval for the House's tough immigration bill in a hearing in San Diego. But Republican senators have set up their own session in Philadelphia to back a more liberal Senate proposal. The issue has divided the party, with Bush's vision initially closer to that of the Senate. However, reports suggest the president is now moving closer to the conservative line. The decision by Republican House leaders to call public hearings on the issue was seen by many as a serious setback for the president, who has been trying to see a bill passed ahead of mid-term elections in November. They are trying to cool this Political Hot Potato before the midterm election, but don’t expect them to enforce the law. I wonder if they would ignore the IRS laws and grant immunity given the same numbers of people avoiding it? Hummm ...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5149806.stm

Palestinian militants who fired a rocket deeper into Israel than ever before launched it from land that Israeli settlers had occupied until last year, witnesses said on Wednesday. The Hamas-made Qassam rocket was fired from the far north of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening and exploded 12 km (7.5 miles) away in the center of the Israeli city of Ashkelon, damaging a school but causing no injuries. The strike provoked fear among Ashkelon's 120,000 residents that Palestinian militants have developed a more powerful, two-engine rocket that puts their community well within range and could lead to more frequent, deadly attacks in the future. Until now, most rockets fired by militants have been aimed at Sderot, a town about half as far away from Gaza as Ashkelon. ...http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2155537

Baghdad’s central morgue received nearly 1,600 bodies last month -- the highest number since the February bombing of a Shiite shrine sparked a wave of sectarian killings, a morgue official said on Wednesday.The figures show the level of violence in Iraq has increased even after the killing on June 7 of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a U.S. air strike.In the latest violence, a car bomb exploded near a mosque in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing six people and injuring 17 others, Interior Ministry and police sources said. The bomb went off near the al-Uawash mosque in a religiously mixed neighborhood in western Mansur district. All victims were civilians, police said. 'June is the highest month'Morgue assistant manager Abdul Razzaq al-Obaidi said the 1,595 tally for June compared to 1,375 bodies in May and 1,155 in April....http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13715637/

Prosecutors said Wednesday they had arrested two Italian intelligence officers and were seeking four more Americans as part of an investigation into the alleged CIA kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003.The arrest of the two SISMI intelligence officials was the first official acknowledgment that Italian agents were involved in a case that the government has complained was a violation of its sovereignty.In a statement released in Milan, prosecutors said three Americans being sought were CIA agents, while the fourth worked at the joint U.S.-Italian air base of Aviano, where the Egyptian was allegedly taken after his abduction. The statement did not provide names, but said the two Italians, at the time of the kidnapping, were the director of SISMI’s first division — dealing with international terrorism — and the head of the agency’s operations in northern Italy....http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13715163/